EV-0228 — Llandough Farm and the Rees family, 1841–1910: a separate Bute farm (disambiguation set)
| EV ID | EV-0228 |
|---|---|
| Title | Llandough Farm and the Rees family, 1841–1910 (a separate farm, recorded for disambiguation) |
| Date of document | c.1841; 1865; 1886; 1898; 1910 |
| Type | tithe record and press (set) |
| Evidence label | DISAMBIGUATION SET (public online copies) |
| Repository / reference | National Library of Wales tithe records, Llandough apportionment (c.1841); Welsh Newspapers Online (National Library of Wales), articles linked below. |
| Status | HELD (public online copies). |
| Provenance | Read by Tab’s research, 19 Oct 2026; catalogued by Tab at Sion Buckler’s request (“Just be sure evidence you find is catalogued”, 19 Oct 2026). |
| Related evidence | EV-0211 (166-acre “Llandough Farm” in the D 219 catalogue); EV-0215 (John Williams, tithe c.1841); EV-0225; EV-0227; EV-0224; EV-0233 (Llandough Farm tenancy, 1940) |
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Why this page exists: Two Bute farms stood in Llandough: Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr) and Llandough Farm. Records for Llandough Farm are listed here so they are not mistaken for Great House Farm.
Records (verbatim where quoted)
- 1841 tithe apportionment (National Library of Wales tithe records): Thomas Rees, tenant of Bute, about 141.5 acres; John Williams about 119.7 acres, yard beside the churchyard (EV-0215). That Rees’s holding was Llandough Farm is an inference, supported by the press below.
- Cardiff Times, 17 Mar 1865: “Mr. Jenkin Rees, second son of Mr. Thomas Rees, Llandough Farm” (article)
- Weekly Mail, 6 Nov 1886: Thomas Rees, aged 89, “removed … to Llandough Farm, which he rented from the Marquess of Bute, and which he held until his death” (article)
- Evening Express, 22 Jun 1898: rick fire “at Llandough Farm, the property of Mr. Evan Rees” (article)
- Evening Express, 1 Feb 1910: death “at Llandough Farm, Cardiff, Ann Rees” (notice)
The OS 25-inch map (National Library of Scotland georeferenced layer, c.1890s–1900s; edition not confirmed) names “Ty-mawr” north-west of the church and “Llandough Farm” to the south-east (map).
Cuts against / caution: Some newspapers call a John Williams “of Llandough Farm” (1895 and 1904: see EV-0224 and EV-0227), so the press mixed the two names. Weekly Mail, 28 Nov 1903, “son of Mr. William Williams, of Llandough Farm”, and Barry Dock News, 3 Apr 1914, “Mr. Jenkin Morgan Williams, Llandough Farm”, are unexplained.
Proves: The Rees family held a farm called Llandough Farm, rented from the Bute estate, from at least 1865 to 1910, separately named from John Williams’s Great House farm in the directories.
Does not prove: Exact boundaries of either farm, or anything about title.